About The Word Iambus
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Iambus
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What's The Definition Of Iambus?
[n] a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
Synonyms | Synonyms for Iambus: iamb Related Terms | Find terms related to Iambus: See Also | foot | metrical foot | metrical unit Iambus In Webster's Dictionary \I*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L.
iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus
being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to
throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.)
A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one,
as in [a^]m[=a]ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by
an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under
{Iambic}, n.
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